Important Current Affairs Quiz 11th August 2017

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Which bank on August 10, 2017 launched two new digital services for online payments?

1.

Canara

2.

SBI

3.

Bank of Maharashtra

4.

Axis

5.

Yes

Solution

Answer: Canara Bank unveiled two new digital services for online payments. Bharat QR (Quick Response) is for payment settlement at merchant locations and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) is an integrated bill payment system for net banking customers. The service product rides on VISA/MasterCard/RuPay cards and holders need not divulge card information to merchants.

The government on August 10, 2017 launched the Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) as part of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). The program will be implemented in ______ Blocks in the country on pilot basis.

1.

240

2.

230

3.

220

4.

250

5.

260

Solution

Answer: The Government of India has decided to launch a new sub-scheme named Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) as part of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). The Self Help Groups under DAY-NRLM will operate road transport service in backward areas. AGEY will be initially implemented in 250 Blocks in the country on pilot basis with each Block provided upto 6 vehicles to operate the transport services.

Vijay Nambisan won the 1988 Indian Poetry Award for the poem, ________.

1.

Kali

2.

Punarnava

3.

A Farmer's Ghost

4.

Portrait of a Lady

5.

Madras Central

Solution

Answer: Vijay Nambisan won the award for the poem "Madras Central"., becoming the first person to do so. The Poetry Society (India) was formed in July 1984 at New Delhi as a voluntary association to promote Indian poetry and to look after the interests of Indian Poets. Mr. Nambisan passed away on August 11, 2017.

Which State government on August 10, 2017 launched the Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra?

1.

Bihar

2.

Uttar Pradesh

3.

Uttarakhand

4.

Himachal Pradesh

5.

Haryana

Solution

Answer: Uttar Pradesh Government has launched a new awareness drive called Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra. The drive will be focusing on cleanliness along the banks of Ganga river and maintain hygiene. The drive has been organised by Uttar Pradesh Homeguard volunteers and will help in spreading awareness in about 25 districts situated on the banks of river Ganga in the state.

Solution

Answer: The second round of National Deworming Day is observed between 10th of August to 23rd August in 33 States and Union Territories to tackle worm Infections, targeting more than 11 crore children. The program was launched in 2015. In this drive, the children will be administered the chewable deworming tablet, Albendazole 400 mg tablet.

Solution

Answer: The International Biodiesel Day (or World Bio-fuel Day) is observed every year on August 10 to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels. On this day in 1893, Sir Rudalph Diesel (inventor of the diesel engine) for the first time successfully ran mechanical engine with Peanut Oil. The Indian government announced various schemes to promote non-fossil fuels.

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz on August 10, 2017 discovered four earth-size planets in which constellation?

1.

Arietis

2.

Eridani

3.

cygni

4.

tau Ceti

5.

Persei

Solution

Answer: Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz have identified four Earth-sized planets in orbit around the closest Sun-like star to the Solar System, tau Ceti. The star is slightly smaller than the Sun, and less active, and is about 12 light years away. The planets were discovered by improving the methods used to observe slight wobbles in tau Ceti and using noise reduction tools to eliminate wobbles caused by the movement of the stellar matter on the surface of the star.

Ruth Pfau also known as "Mother Teresa of Pakistan" passed away on 10 August, 2017. She was originally from which country?

1.

Italy

2.

Hungary

3.

France

4.

Germany

5.

Spain

Solution

Answer: Sister Dr Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau (9 September 1929 – 10 August 2017) was a German-Pakistani physician and nun of the Society of Daughters of the Heart of Mary. She devoted nearly 50 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan. The nun founded the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi in 1962 and later set up its branches in all provinces of Pakistan, including Gilgit-Baltistan, and treated over 50,000 families.

Solution

Answer: SEBI has allowed MCX to launch options trading in gold. It will allow investors and hedgers to minimise their price risk at a fraction of cost compared to currently available futures trading. MCX has been conducting mock trading since the last week of June. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) was established in 2003 and is headquartered in Mumbai. Saurabh Chandra is the Chairman of the company.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved how many projects on August 10, 2017 to clean the Ganga river?

1.

9

2.

10

3.

7

4.

11

5.

5

Solution

Answer: The National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 10 projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh worth about Rs 2,033 crore. 8 of these projects pertain to sewage infrastructure and treatment, 1 to river front development and another to Ganga Knowledge Centres. A project to establish Ganga Monitoring Centres in five riparian Ganga states has also been approved at an estimated cost of Rs 46.69 crore.

________ on August 10, 2017 became the first Indian to qualify for javelin throw finals.

1.

Radhanandan Jha

2.

Vivek Ranadive

3.

Sansar Chand

4.

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju

5.

Davinder Singh Kang

Solution

Answer: Davinder Singh Kang created as he became the first Indian athlete to make it to the final round of the javelin throw at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London. Kang will now aim to clinch a medal for the country when he, along with 12 other throwers, compete in the final round on August 12.

Oxford University Press (OUP) on August 10, 2017 launched online dictionaries in two Indian languages. Which are they?

1.

Hindi and Marwari

2.

Tamil and Gujarati

3.

Assamese and Bengali

4.

Punjabi and Marathi

5.

Konkani and Oriya

Solution

Answer:

After the Hindi version, Oxford University Press has launched online dictionaries in Tamil and Gujarati as part of its special focus on Indian languages. The Oxford Global Languages initiative began in September 2015 with an aim to build dictionaries and lexicographical resources for around 100 of the world’s languages and to make them available online. The OGL initiative will also build a new type of language database which enables multiple links between languages and other content. Oxford Dictionaries has developed an innovative new Lexical Engine and Platform (LEAP) where datasets can be integrated, standardised and shared. In a nutshell, multiple languages can be stored and queried in a single platform.

Which company on August 11, 2017 launched "Watch", a video sharing website?

1.

Microsoft

2.

Google

3.

Facebook

4.

Twitter

5.

Netflix

Solution

Answer: In a bid to take on YouTube, Facebook has rolled out 'Watch' - a redesigned video platform for creators & publishers. It will let users discover videos outside of their own feed more easily, while giving them a way to create Watchlists & an easier means of following videos made by a favorite artist or publisher. It will roll out to a limited number of users, and video creators in U.S. first.

Solution

Answer: Vinay Dube has been appointed as CEO of Jet Airways. An Indian American, Dube's appointment was approved by the airline's board of directors on May 30. Jet Airways has been without a full-time CEO since Cramer Ball quit in February 2016. Dube has served in various roles at Delta Airlines, Sabre Inc and American Airlines in the USA, Europe and Asia.